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Where does “vulpiculture” come from?

vulpiculture (French) comes from Latin vulpēs, from Latin volpēs, from Proto-Italic wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- — fox, jackal.

vulpiculture (French): the raising of foxes

Definitions

  1. the raising of foxes

Ancestry of “vulpiculture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvulpēs—
2Latinvolpēs—
3Proto-Italicwolpisfox
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wl(o)p-fox, jackal
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